Dorcas v. USCIS: USCIS starts adjudicating cases that were previously paused for foreign nationals from travel ban countries

On June 5, 2026, the US District Court for the District of Rhode Island vacated the Trump Administration’s two Policy Memoranda that imposed USCIS adjudication restrictions on foreign nationals from 39 countries. See our previous announcement on Dorcas v. USCIS here. USCIS has since started to comply with the June 11, 2026 final judgment in Dorcas, and our office has started to receive approvals for immigration applications and petitions filed by and for foreign nationals from the 39 travel ban countries. Most of our office’s approval cases so far have been for physicians.

Dorcas is a major win for foreign nationals from the 39 travel ban countries. Many of these individuals have been waiting since Fall 2026 to receive a decision on their immigration applications and petitions, which has greatly impacted their ability to work and live in the United States.

Read USCIS’s Press Release on Dorcas here.